Why do I write? What inspires me?

Because it is so satisfying thing to work – at a story, at characters, to create a place and tone – and pull a novel into life. Putting the pieces together, little by little, working at it, cutting, pasting, rewriting, this is part of the sense of achievement you feel when you type that last full stop! As for inspiration, almost always it’s location that comes first, a very specific backdrop – say, California, Pittsburgh, Iran, India and numerous countries where I traveled, like Greece, Italy, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Nepal and London, England. Once the places are secure in my mind and a plot to go with them, then it’s simply a question of putting the actors, the characters rather, on the stage set!

The Dark Horse

An emotive ride of romance and twists, it is the story of trials and tribulations of an ordinary man of modest means, his story of success, like a Dark Horse becoming a winner. It’s a saga of his success in Iran and romance with an American woman, her tryst with Iranian Revolution, her face to face with tyranny and qualities of human perseverance!

The novel deals with the events during Iran’s Cultural Revolution causing the end of Shah of Iran. Therefore, it will have worldwide appeal especially for Americans and other foreigners who were caught in the quagmire of those events. It will also be appealing to Indian audience and Non Resident Indian Diaspora abroad, and IIT and CMU alumni.